Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-11
LIVELY
Earthquake Felt in tho Sierra and
Throughout the Sacramento Valley.

Several Hot Springs Run Nearly Dry-.-An
Earthquake Felt in the Sierra and
Throughout tho Sacramento Valley,
VIRGINIA, New. Special: The s~everest
shock OF earthquake ever experienced in
this locality was felt q few minutes before
8 o'clock this morning. The vibration was
from east to west and continued for the
period Of thirty seconds. The shock set
evgry building in the city vibrating from
cornice to foundation. The sensation pro-
duced was similar to that which would be
caused by the earth upheaving suddenly
and striking some object more bulky and
solid than itself, causing it to vibrate and
tremble from the rebound. In a short
period after the shock the streets were
thronged with people, many of them ap-
pearing in the most pronounced dishabille.
Clocks were stopped at 2:4S. The shock
caused the bell in the cupola Of the Corpo-
ration House to ring several strokes. At
the Philadelphia brewery. on the Geiger
grade, the proprietor was awake at the
time of the disturbance and counted twen-
ty-eight while the vibration continued.
It loosened several boulders on the
fiji above the brewery and sent them
CRAsHN INTO THE RAvINE BELOW.
In theupper stories ofbuildings mantel and
bureau ornaments were hurled to the floor
and the crystal pendants of swaying chan
deliers in saloons we're violently agitated.
Miners coming over the divide, who had
just come off of shift in the Gold Hill mines,
say they plainly saw buildings vibrating
and the earth seemed moving from under
their feet. Other persons claim to have
been effected with nausea similar to sea-
Sickness.
Persons rooming in the Douglass building
made q hurried exit into the street. In the
room occupied by Superintendent Curtis,
the plaster fell from the ceiling. almost
burying him. In the hallway leading to the
Washoe clubroom about q wheelbarrow
load of plaster fell to the floor, and the
ceiling wal cracked in q majority of the
rooms in the building. The north wall Of
the Nevada Bank inclines inward at the
top two feet from perpendicular, and is ap-
parently only prevented from tumbling
down by the stringers supporting the reof.
Men employed underground in mines dis
tinctly felt the vibration and observed the
timbering Of tho drifts moving. In the Con.
solidated California and Virginia the first
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that an underground magazine had ex.
From the absence of
THE CONCLUSION OF AIR
that would have resulted they concluded
it was On earthquake. The shock was felt
more perceptibly underground close to the
shafts than in the face Of long drifts. As
far as ~ascertained, the vibrations did not
force the timbering of the shafts or guides
out of line. This is the first earthquake
ever felt by miners employed in the under
ground workings OF the lode. The Ophir
mine cage was run down to the 1900 foot
level, where the miners working on that
level were found at the station, having felt |
the shock and surmised that it was caused |
by q terrific explosion at some point in !
the mines. They were all hoisted to the |
although the shift was only about |
over. Miners on the ], 500 foot
level say they did not feel the shock. Some
of the miners who were underground at |
different points on the lode at the time |
the shock arose from an explosion
of gas in the Consolidated California and
mine. An arrival from Truckee
that the disturbance has resulted |
in drying up tho water at Steamboat
Springs to an extent that threatens to de- !
stroy the place as q bathing resort. Re-
ports come from Carson that a heavy
shock Of earthquake was felt there at 2:45
which did considerable damage, |
but particulars are not given.